Word: roosevelt
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...conservative a business as our national government, where we can point to few men of tender years holding positions of responsibility. We have not had too many William Pitts or Lord John Russells. An exception to this rule, however, is our Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt '04, who will speak on the Navy in the New Lecture Hall at five o'clock this afternoon. He is a young man and knows how to talk to younger men. He is one of the progressive influences in our navy and knows how to explain his subject. What is more...
...United States Navy" will be the subject of the war lecture to be given by Franklin D. Roosevelt '04, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, in the New Lecture Hall this afternoon at 5 o'clock. Mr. Roosevelt's talk will include a description of the organization of the Navy Department and an explanation of the part played by navies in modern warfare. He will also comment upon the different kinds of naval craft and show the particular field covered by each...
After his graduation from the University in 1904, Mr. Roosevelt took a degree of bachelor of laws from the Columbia Law School in 1907, and was admitted to the New York Bar the same year. Three years later he was elected to the New York Senate, a position which he held for three years, resigning in 1913 to take up the office of Assistant Secretary of the Navy under the Wilson administration. Mr. Roosevelt was also elected to the Board of Overseers of the University at the last election of nominees...
...hour for the drills of companies I and K, scheduled for Monday, January 14, 1918, is hereby changed to 3.45 P. M. The drills will end at 4.45 P. M. to enable the men to attend Mr. Roosevelt's lecture which takes place at 5 P. M. in the New Lecture Hall...
Franklin D. Roosevelt '04, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, will give the next of the series of war lectures for members of the University in the New Lecture Hall next Monday at 5 o'clock. These lectures are given under the auspices of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and will continue throughout the remainder of the year, the remaining lectures to be given Wednesday evenings. Mr. Roosevelt, who has been Assistant Secretary of the Navy since 1913 and who was recently elected to the University Board of Overseers, will be introduced by President Lowell...